Bartica boy dies one month after accident

Mere weeks after his eighth birthday and just over a month after being struck while exiting his school bus along the Potaro Road in Bartica, Wesley Hopkinson, a Grade Three pupil of the Two Miles Primary School, has died.

The lad’s mother, Cinella Hopkinson confirmed that he passed at about 10:00 hrs on Saturday when contacted by the News Room.

She said her son celebrated his eighth birthday on January 23 but had remained hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital up to the time of his death.

The woman, during brief comments, also noted that she never received a visit from the police nor the woman driver who has since been placed on $50,000 station bail.

“I saw them [the police] this morning and I had to ask them if all the time my son sick they never come but they come when he dead

“The girl that knock him never come and see he,” she added.

The News Room was informed by Regional Commander Dion Moore that the young lad had regained consciousness days after the accident and was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital.

However, his condition worsened, and he was re-admitted to the hospital.

On January 05, Wesley was struck down moments after he exited his school bus.

Wesley was crossing the road when the accident occurred.

The driver was arrested and subsequently released on station bail.

Following the death of the child, she is now facing criminal charges.

Commander Moore said the file into the investigation was submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice but now it will have to be adjusted following an autopsy of the child.

Wesley suffered severe head injuries and had to be airlifted to the Georgetown Public Hospital a few hours after the accident.